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CHARLES MONTAGUE LINLEY, or LONDON, ENGLAND;

COiN-CONTROLLED GAME APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 605,494, dated June 14L, 1898. Application filed March 15,1897. Serial No. 627,685. (No model.) Patented in England January 11, 1896, N0. 730.

T0 and whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1', CHARLES MONTAGUE LINLEY, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland,and a resident of 42 St. Lukes road, Olaphain, London, S. F, Eng land, have invented acertain new and useful Coin-Controlled Game Apparatus, (patented in Great Britain January 11, 1896, N0. 730,) of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of a table or board made of any smooth-surfaced material or substance and provided all round with an upstanding edge. The table aforesaid is provided with holes, and the game is played by slanting the table so thata ball or balls rolls or roll by its or their own weight or weights into the holes already mentioned; and in order that my inventionmaybe fully understood and readily carried into effect I will describe it with reference to the four accompanyin g sheets of drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon-that is to say:

Figure 1 is a plan of the new coin-controlled game apparatus forming the subject of my invention. Fig. 2 is an elevation, and Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation. Fig. 4 is a section of the central tube and the coin-chute, taken at right angles to Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a section through Z Z, Fig.4. Figs. 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 show how the coin is thrown oif its platform.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts'throughout the figures.

a is the table or board, having the raised edge a all round.

b b are holes formedin a, and through these holes the players endeavor to roll the balls I) The holes I) may be surrounded by different-colored rings,such as b to distinguish the opposing sides. I prefer to have two holes 12 near the center of the table a; but I do not bind myself to that particular arrangement of holes nor to any particular number of balls or players.

In the annexed drawings Ihave illustrated a convenient method of elevating or depressing the sides of the table for giving motion to the balls. Inthis arrangement I provide a number of racks c and pinions d, situated at intervals around and beneath the table.

As being suitable for two players I have shown four vertical racks and four pinions engaging them, all arranged at equal distances around the table. To the spindle cl of each pinion d I have a lever or finger-grip e, so that each of the players may control a rack with each hand. The table ct rests on the tops of the racks 0, (see particularly Fig. 3 and when any of the pinions are revolved so that a rack is raised the table is made to slant and the ball or balls to roll to the lower side.

To adapt a coin-freeing mechanism to this machine, I construct the apparatus preferably in the following manner, but without confining myself to the precise position of the tube and accessories.

In the center of the table a I have a vertical tube f, extending above and below. The part of j which is above the table is a complete circle in cross-section, but the part below it is cut away, so as to present only a semicircular cross-section, as at f. (see Figs. dand 5,) within f, and free to slide therein is an inner tube h. From the holes I) I provide tubes g, leading to and opening into fthrough holes f Coincident holes g are provided in it, so that the balls I) can enter that tube also and fall into the hollow plunger 2', which is normally free to slide in It. kept from falling out of h by the bent arm w. The plunger also has projecting from it the lug z. Attached to the bottom of his the coin-platform at, z and m being so arranged as regards one another that when in their normal positions there will be a space between them equal to rather more than the thickness of thecoin a used in operating the apparatus.

is is a flat tube or coin-chute projecting slopingly downward from the coin-aperture 7t, provided in (1 the end of is not touching at, but coming fairly close to it. 7.5 is held in position by being attached at one end to the aperture k and also by the stay 7& attached to k and to the under side of a. Assuming the balls I) to have been played and fallen down the tubes g andinto h and thence into the plunger 1', the tube h can be freely lifted by the knob h without also raising the plunger 11, containing the balls, there being nothing to connect '6 with h. At the-end of h is a slot '5, running out at the bottom of it, and

The plunger 't' is of the periphery of 00 coming between 2 andx. As w is attached to h and z to 2', the raising of 71. will cause i and the balls 2 00' and the coinw to go up all together, and the balls in t' coining above a and in line with the holes g in f will roll out onto a through the holes 2' in '5 and f in h. The bottom of 1; on which the balls rest is rounded, so as to facilitate the. escape of the balls through the holes onto the table a when h is raised. In order to throw the coin 00 off 00, I provide an arm 5, pivoted or fulcrumed at s to the bracket 15-, depending from the under side of a. To one-end of s is attached the spring a, the upper end of which may be attached to the under side of a. The free end of 8 is curved, as shown, the space between the tip .9 and the heel 8 being somewhat more than the diameter of the coin intended to be used. WVhen a coin is on 00 and the tube It is raised, the platform 00 and coin or; also go up, and s and 8 being above as the arm 5 turns on its pivot and the heel 8 passes across the coin and (when the tube is at its highest pivot) falls 011 the opposite side of the :coin ac to that which is occupied when the tube'h was atit-s lowest-position.: On lowering h the heel s commences to return to its former place; but instead of passing across the coin it passes acrossthe platform, and the heel s pressing against the'edge of the coin, finally pushes it off the platform into the-box or, receptacle 1). Fig. 6 in the-accompanying drawingsshows the relative positions of 8, s and s and the coin ac and platform 00 before his raised. Fig.1 7 shows the relative position soon aftercommencing to raise h. Fig. 8 shows the relative positions when 71. has been raised as high as possible. Fig. 9 shows the heel s begin-. ning to slide the coin across the platform soon after -h begins to be pushed down after the. balls have been deposited on a. Fig. 10 shows the coin as having been finally thrown off the platform when h is between its lowest and highest positions.

Z is a curved or fiat glass cover placedover the tablea, so as to prevent the balls being the table. Slots or apertures n are formed in the casing m at suitable intervals, in whichwork pins 07., connected to the table-casing 0. These pins and slots act as guides for the table when tilted.

0 0 are springs (shown spiral in Fig. 3, but which may be of any other suitable form) attached at one end to stand m and at the other end bearing on a washer 0 or other projecting part of the rack c and tending to keep the said rack in its downward posit-ion when the finger-grip e is released.

p p are brackets, (attached to the bottom oftable a,) the projections 19 p of which are bifurcated or bored to permit of the racksc passing therethrough.v These brackets rest- (when the table is in its: normal position) 011 the horizontal portion "of the casing m and serve tovhold the table steady.

q q are'tubes or hollow columns connected at the ends to the stand 'm and casing 712, and

through these tubes thelracks 0 pass. The horizontal tubes 7*, in which work the pinions d, are connected to. the columns q, suitable openings being formed to allow thepinions to engage'with the racks.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new,'and desire to secure by-Letters Patent, is-

In the coin-controlled game apparatus hereinbefore described, the table a having the holes I); the balls 19; the vertical racks c; the

pinions. d and levers or finger-gripsc; the vertical tube f; the tubes g leadingto the toward but not touching the platform 00; the:

glass cover Z; the casingm provided with slots or apertures 11.; the stand-m; the guide-pins 'n; the springs 0 the brackets 19 p; the tubes q and'r; thetip s and heel s of the pivoted arm 8; the bracket 25 and spring a; the box e and the stop w.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES MONTAGU E LIN'LEYI Witnesses:

J. MOREORAFT WELLINGTON, ARTHUR REGINALD POWER.

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